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Carl A. Castro publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl A. Castro sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 265 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Carl A. Castro D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl A. Castro sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Carl A. Castro is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and specializes primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their research focuses heavily on Clinical Psychology and intersects with areas such as General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, and Social Psychology.

Their work addresses a variety of topics related to mental health and trauma. Key research areas include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Carl A. Castro has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent venues including:

  • Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health
  • Armed Forces & Society
  • PsycEXTRA Dataset
  • Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Castro include:

  • "Experiences of Sexual Harassment, Stalking, and Sexual Assault During Military Service Among LGBT and Non-LGBT Service Members" (2020) published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • "Understanding moral injury from a character domain perspective." (2021) featured in the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
  • "Mental health outcomes associated with profiles of risk and resilience among U.S. Army spouses." (2020) published in the Journal of Family Psychology
  • "Are we family? A scoping review of how military families are defined in mental health and substance use research" (2020) appearing in the Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health
  • "Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Risk and Resilience among Military-Connected Youth" (2020) published in Family Process

Their collaborative work includes frequent partnerships with researchers such as:

  • Jeremy T. Goldbach
  • Ian W. Holloway
  • Shaddy K. Saba
  • Kathrine Sullivan
  • Sara Kintzle

Carl A. Castro was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, mental health problems and barriers to care.

    Charles W Hoge;Carl A Castro;Stephen C Messer;Dennis McGurk

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq

    Charles W. Hoge;Dennis McGurk;Jeffrey L. Thomas;Anthony L. Cox

  • Prevalence of mental health problems and functional impairment among active component and National Guard soldiers 3 and 12 months following combat in Iraq.

    Jeffrey L. Thomas;Joshua E. Wilk;Lyndon A. Riviere;Dennis McGurk

  • Association of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Somatic Symptoms, Health Care Visits, and Absenteeism among Iraq War Veterans

    Charles W. Hoge;Artin Terhakopian;Carl A. Castro;Stephen C. Messer

  • Validating the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist with soldiers returning from combat.

    Paul D. Bliese;Kathleen M. Wright;Amy B. Adler;Oscar Cabrera

  • Battlemind debriefing and battlemind training as early interventions with soldiers returning from Iraq: Randomization by platoon.

    Amy B. Adler;Paul D. Bliese;Dennis McGurk;Charles W. Hoge

  • The stigma of mental health problems in the military.

    Tiffany M. Greene-Shortridge;Thomas W. Britt;Carl Andrew Castro

  • Post-combat invincibility: Violent combat experiences are associated with increased risk-taking propensity following deployment

    William D.S. Killgore;Dave I. Cotting;Jeffrey L. Thomas;Anthony L. Cox

  • Stigma, Barriers to Care, and Use of Mental Health Services Among Active Duty and National Guard Soldiers After Combat

    Paul Y. Kim;Jeffrey L. Thomas;Joshua E. Wilk;Carl A. Castro

  • The Impact of Military Lifestyle Demands on Well-Being, Army, and Family Outcomes:

    Lolita M. Burrell;Gary A. Adams;Doris Briley Durand;Carl Andrew Castro

  • Role clarity, work overload and organizational support: Multilevel evidence of the importance of support.

    Paul D. Bliese;Carl Andrew Castro

  • Childhood Adversity and Combat as Predictors of Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress in Deployed Troops

    Oscar A. Cabrera;Charles W. Hoge;Paul D. Bliese;Carl A. Castro

  • Spatial selectivity of rat hippocampal neurons: dependence on preparedness for movement.

    Tom .C Foster;Carl A. Castro;Bruce L. McNaughton

  • Care of War Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury — Flawed Perspectives

    Charles W. Hoge;Herb M. Goldberg;Carl A. Castro

  • Perceived Stigma and Barriers to Care for Psychological Treatment: Implications for Reactions to Stressors in Different Contexts

    Thomas W. Britt;Tiffany M. Greene–Shortridge;Sarah Brink;Quyen B. Nguyen

  • The Impact of Deployment Length and Experience on the Well-Being of Male and Female Soldiers

    Amy B. Adler;Ann H. Huffman;Paul D. Bliese;Carl Andrew Castro

  • Recovery of spatial learning deficits after decay of electrically induced synaptic enhancement in the hippocampus.

    C. A. Castro;L. H. Silbert;B. L. McNaughton;C. A. Barnes

  • Protection by butyrylcholinesterase against organophosphorus poisoning in nonhuman primates.

    Clarence A. Broomfield;D. M. Maxwell;R. P. Solana;C. A. Castro

  • Mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) during combat: lack of association of blast mechanism with persistent postconcussive symptoms.

    Joshua E. Wilk;Jeffrey L. Thomas;Dennis M. McGurk;Lyndon A. Riviere

  • Prevalence of Mental Health Problems, Treatment Need, and Barriers to Care among Primary Care-Seeking Spouses of Military Service Members Involved in Iraq and Afghanistan Deployments

    Karen M. Eaton;Charles W. Hoge;Stephen C. Messer;Allison A. Whitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Amy B. Adler
Amy B. Adler Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Paul D. Bliese
Paul D. Bliese University of South Carolina
Jeffrey L. Thomas
Jeffrey L. Thomas United States Army Research Laboratory
Thomas W. Britt
Thomas W. Britt Clemson University
Neil Greenberg
Neil Greenberg King's College London
Jerry W. Rudy
Jerry W. Rudy University of Colorado Boulder
Eric Vermetten
Eric Vermetten Leiden University Medical Center
William D.S. Killgore
William D.S. Killgore University of Arizona
Nicola T. Fear
Nicola T. Fear King's College London
Alexander C. McFarlane
Alexander C. McFarlane University of Adelaide

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